Our 10th Anniversary: a Message from Dr. Jane Goodall

ELI’s 10th Anniversary To celebrate Earth League International’s 10th anniversary, we could have not dreamt for a most powerful endorsement.  Thank you so much Jane! A message from Dr. Jane Goodall. “Earth League International has been working to create an intelligence agency for Earth. Why? Because it’s so desperately important to combat environmental crime with […]

ELI’s 10th Anniversary: A decade Spent Fighting Wildlife & Environmental Crime

This month, Earth League International celebrates its 10-year anniversary! Since 2013, Earth League International (ELI) has served as a pioneer in fighting wildlife and environmental crime through the use of professional intelligence, undercover operations, research and analysis.  ELI’s has also served as a trailblazer in investigating and researching Environmental Crime Convergence. For over a decade, […]

Criminal Convergence: ELI’s New LinkedIn Series:

ELI’s new series of LinkedIn posts aim to provide a deeper understanding of environmental crime and criminal convergence ELI’s Executive Director, Andrea Crosta, kicked off the series by beginning to contextualize environmental/wildlife crime within the broader framework of criminal convergence. In his post, Crosta provides a nuanced understanding of environmental crimes, their nexus to other […]

Criminalizing Ecocide: a panel at the CCPCJ 31st session

ELI’s Executive Director, Andrea Crosta, joined a distinguished panel at the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) 31st session to discuss Ecocide  ELI’s director Andrea Crosta with distinguished experts joined forces to provide insight and expertise regarding “ecocide”, which is broadly understood to mean mass damage and destruction of ecosystems – severe harm to nature […]

New Podcast: Talking Trafficking with ELI and Andrea Crosta

ELI’s Executive Director, Andrea Crosta, discusses ELI’s current investigations, trends in animal trafficking, and the importance of intelligence gathering as it pertains to stopping the illegal wildlife trade ELI’s Executive Director Andrea Crosta was recently featured in a special Spear Talk Podcast episode. Crosta discussed the intelligence trends of the past year which pertained to international traffickers and wildlife […]

Earth League International on the Washington Post with the Vaquita

ELI’s graphic novel about our work on the vaquita and wildlife crime was recently featured in the Washington Post for its innovative role in increasing public awareness regarding wildlife crime: In the spirit of the writing of John Le Carre and comic art of Joe Sacco, ELI’s graphic novels and comics depict the organization’s covert missions, and the actions of […]

ELI to speak at the Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) conference

ELI’s Executive Director, Andrea Crosta, presented at the TRANSACT conference alongside leading academic and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) active in the disruption of illicit commerce ETA is the world’s leading advocacy and trade association for the payments industry. At TRANSACT, financial institutions, networks, payments companies, fintech and technology innovators convened to shape and engage in dialogue […]

The Importance of Criminal Convergence in Tackling Environmental Crime

The Trafficking of Jaguar Parts and Shark Fins in the Americas: Applying A Criminal Convergence Framework to Environmental Crime Operation Jaguar and Operation Stella Maris are two of Earth League International’s most important ongoing operations in the Americas and Asia. On the surface, these two operations have different origins, addressing two different issues: Operation Jaguar is […]

ELI at the 2021 Jackson Wild Summit

At the Jackson Wild Summit in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, ELI’s executive director Andrea Crosta had the opportunity to share ELI’s work on the Vaquita and participate in a panel about Re-wilding and endangered species along with other important figures in the field to spark conversation about the current issues that we face. As the planet […]

Vaquita: 6 Arrested in Mexico for Totoaba Trafficking with ELI’s Help

A few high-profile totoaba poachers and traffickers have been arrested in Mexico, including a well known Chinese international trafficker (authorities had released his name as David H.), indicated by Earth League International since 2018 as one of the most important totoaba traffickers and the biggest danger to the vaquita. This person has been included in […]

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We protect Wildlife and our Planet with intelligence-gathering operations and by investigating and exposing wildlife criminals worldwide, including poachers, traffickers, businessmen and corrupt government officials. Earth League International (former Elephant Action League) is a hybrid non-profit organization that merges the worlds of intelligence, investigation and conservation in service of wildlife and the people who protect it.